Read the following excerpt from a speech made by a national leader during wartime:
It has been a long road, and I would not say this were it not
true that we had exhausted all possible alternatives. But
the threat is growing in the eastern front as well as in the
western front, and our military capacity is simply not
enough to avoid being overwhelmed. We have therefore
agreed to come to peace terms with our enemy. A sad day,
to be sure, but one that will be only a footnote in our long
and glorious history as a nation.
Which is one likely purpose of the speech, based on the excerpt above?
O A. To persuade citizens to sacrifice more
O B. To explain a difficult decision
O C. To surr
to
enemy
O D. To chastise those who dissent

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york